New Hanover County Public Library Digital Archives

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Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Point Peter
View from the bridge looking southeast toward Wilmington waterfront and the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest branches of the river. Point Peter is on the left and Eagles Island to the right. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, looking northeast, showing Point Peter and the Wilmington skyline in the distance.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges, Point Peter
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, looking northeast, showing Point Peter and the Wilmington skyline in the distance. At the confluence of the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear Rivers, opposite Wilmington, was as early as 1764, called Negro Head...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Tender Moment
British naval ships, State Port, Wilmington, NC
Parting shot..DeDe Hickox of Wilmington spends a tender moment with Gareth Rowlands, a sailor with the HMS Bristol before he boarded the ship to leave the port city. The Bristol crew had been in the port city since Monday and left on Friday to go...
Star-News Image Archive

Working on the Railroad
State Port off Burnett Blvd.
Lewis Davis and William Simms beat out a rhythmic sound as they drive spikes into a new section of track at the state port. Watching is supervisor Guy Williams. The workers were setting the "frog," a 4000 lbs piece of the switching mechanism that...
Star-News Image Archive

George French House Kitchen
Kitchen is a rare sruviving frame dependency built for adjacent George R. French House. It was enlarged by the 1880s and since rented as a residence.
Port City Architecture

Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard, Vietnam, The Mendota, Willard J. Smith
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter docks in Wilmington after returning from a 10-month tour of duty off of the coast of Vietnam. The Mendota was based out of Wilmington since 1947. Coast Guard families, locals, and dignitaries including Coast Guard...
Wilmington Harbor Collection

Sprunt and Dudley Mansion
Dudley family, Sprunt family, Front St., Nun St., Governors, mansions
The stately mansion on the corner of Front and Nun streets has been the home of several prominent families. It is thought to have been constructed about 1825 by Governor Dudley (1789-1855). In 1836, he became the first popularly elected Governor of...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Auditorium, the Hammocks (Harbor Island)
Wrightville Beach, N.C., Tide Water Power Company, Tide Water
Tide Water Power and Light Company built this large red-shingled auditorium in 1916. Since Baptists throughout the state used it for their programs, it was also known as the Baptist Seaside Assembly Building. During World War I, it was used by...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Wilmington High School, Originally Tileston Elementary School
high schools, Wilmington High School, Tileston Elementary School, James Walker, John A. Fox, Architects, Ann Street
Located at 400 Ann St., between South 4th and 5th Streets, Wilmington High School originally opened as the Tileston Normal School in 1872. John A. Fox was and James Walker (Supervising) were the original architects. It has since changed names and...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Modern View of the Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington
Burgwin-Wright House, John Burgwin, Lord Cornwalis, Judge Joshua Grainger Wright, Wright Family, Burgwin family, North Carolina Society of Colonial
One of the few Georgian-style houses to survive in Wilmington, the house was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent lawyer, merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. Prior to the purchase by Burgwin, the lot was...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Print, Burgwin-Wright House and St. James Church, Wilmington, 1847, Mr. Humphrey
Burgwin-Wright House, St. James Church
The Burgwin-Wright House was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent lawyer, merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. The lot was previously the site of the New Hanover County jail, and according to local...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Doc Hall Filling a Prescription
Hall family, Pharmacists, pharmacies, Oakdale Cemetery
Dr. James Malcolm Hall at his drug store on 5th and Castle Streets, which he owned and operated since 1901. Mr. Hall, otherwise known as "Doc Hall," and "The Mayor of Drypond," (for his active role in civic matters), was born in Sampson County,...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Front View of The Lord Cornwallis House (Burgwin-Wright House)
Historical Homes, Wilmington, North Carolina, Civil War period
The Burgwin-Wright House was built about 1770-1771, by John Burgwin (1731-1803), a prominent Lawyer, Merchant and owner of considerable area real estate. The lot was previously the site of the New Hanover County jail, and according to local...
Dr. Robert M. Fales Collection

Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges,
Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, after completion.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, after completion. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northeast, Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northeast Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction.
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, Bridges
Northwest Cape Fear River Bridge, under construction. On December 10, 1929, the twin bridges over the Northeast and Northwest Cape Fear River were opened to traffic. They replaced ferries, which had been the only mode of transportation across the...
Louis T. Moore Collection

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